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What is the adjective for parasitisation?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs parasitize and parasitise which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

parasitic
  1. Of or pertaining to a biological or symbolic parasite.
  2. Drawing upon another organism for sustenance.
  3. Exploiting another for personal gain.
  4. Synonyms:
      5. bloodsucking, sponging, parasitical, scrounging, exploitative, freeloading, leechlike, vampiric, leeching, mooching, vampirish, biting, dependent, lazy, opportunistic … more
  5. Examples:
      6. “Wages could also be higher than elsewhere in the economy as the bloodsucking, parasitic capitalist is not there demanding his piece of the action.”
      “The manipulative politician had a parasitic nature, constantly seeking opportunities to exploit others for personal gain.”
parasitemic
  1. Relating to parasitemia
  2. Having a parasite in the blood
parasitical
  1. of, pertaining to, or having the characteristics of a parasite; parasitic
  2. Synonyms:
      3. bloodsucking, vampiric, parasitic, freeloading, leechlike, sponging, scrounging, exploitative, vampirish, leeching, mooching, opportunistic, lazy, dependent … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “He needs to draw on other people's lives and there is something very parasitical about that.”
      “It conducted important research on such endemic parasitical diseases as hookworm, malaria, and yellow fever.”
      “The Union Movement must submit to a purge, it must harshly discard the parasitical drones and rebuild the hive.”
parasitological
  1. Of or pertaining to parasites or to parasitology.
  2. Examples:
      3. “Molecular or serological tools have not replaced these classic parasitological procedures.”
      “The clinical and parasitological outcomes of rectal artemether and intravenous quinine were similar.”
      “Fixed samples should be sent to a specialized parasitological laboratory, in which molecular and morphological identification can be performed.”
parasitologic
  1. Of or pertaining to parasitology.
  2. Examples:
      3. “After a diagnosis was established and treatment was initiated, the parasitologic response was monitored.”
parasitophorous
  1. Based around an intracellular parasite
parasitaemic
  1. Alternative form of parasitemic
parasitoidal
  1. Of or pertaining to parasitoids.
  2. Examples:
      3. “Several parasitic or parasitoidal insects including the fly Eucelatoria, the beetle Chrysolina, and the wasp Aphytis are raised for biological control.”
parasitotic
  1. Relating to parasitosis.
parasiticidal
  1. Killing parasites.
parasital
  1. (botany) parasitic
parasitary
  1. (nonstandard) parasitic
parasitized
  1. simple past tense and past participle of parasitize
  2. Synonyms:
      3. freeloaded, bummed, sponged, mooched, scrounged, cadged, leeched, chiseled, chiselled, took advantage, taken advantage, lived off others, hit up, hustled, lived off of, bled dry, begged, bludged, borrowed, scabbed, touched someone for, blagged, wheedled, sorned on someone for, panhandled, touched, burned, benefitted, burnt, benefited, scored, huckstered, hawked, peddled, sponged on, sponged on someone for, sorned on someone, leached off, solicited, held out one's hand, invaded, pervaded, imbued, filled, penetrated, permeated, flooded, perfused, infected, infested … more
parasitizing
  1. present participle of parasitize
  2. Synonyms:
      3. freeloading, bumming, sponging, mooching, scrounging, cadging, cadgin, leeching, chiseling, chiselling, taking advantage, living off others, hustling, living off of, hitting up, bleeding dry, begging, bludging, borrowing, scabbing, touching someone for, blagging, wheedling, sorning on someone for, panhandling, soliciting, huckstering, peddling, hawking, holding out one's hand, leaching off, benefitting, scoring, touching, benefiting, burning, sponging on someone for, sponging on, sorning on someone, invading, pervading, imbuing, filling, penetrating, permeating, flooding, perfusing, infecting, infesting, overspreading … more
parasitised
  1. simple past tense and past participle of parasitise
parasitising
  1. present participle of parasitise
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